Windows 7 - User Account Password - Change from WinRE

**Dinesh**

How to Change the User Account Password if Unable to Login to Windows

Information

This tutorial will help you remove the existing user account password and set up a new password incase you have forgotten the user password using WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment)

Here's how:

1. Boot to WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment).

2. Click on the Command Prompt option.

3. Type the following commands and press enter after each one:
C:

CD Windows\system32

ren cmd.exe cmd.old

ren magnify.exe cmd.exe

ren cmd.old magnify.exe

4. Restart computer.

5. Click on Easy of Access centre left side bottom à Choose Magnify option.

6. A Command prompt opens up

7. Type: net user administrator /active:yes and press enter.

8. Restart the computer.

9. Logon on administrator account and then using User Accounts page in the Control Panel, remove password for the other account.

10. Type Magnify.exe in Start Menu search box and press enter and open it.

11. Command prompt opens up

12. Type: net user administrator /active:no and press enter.

13. Restart the computer
NOTE: This will disable the administrator account.

14. Now, Boot to winRE again, and click on the Command Prompt option.

15. Type the following commands and press enter after each one:
C:

CD Windows\system32

ren magnify.exe cmd.old

ren cmd.exe magnify.exe

ren cmd.old cmd.exe

exit

16. Restart the computer – system logs on to the User account without asking for password provided there is only one user account.

That's it.
Special thanks for iseeuu for providing the screenshots.

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**derekimo** · 01-20-2010

Nice work Dinesh, I've seen the need for this lately.

**Dinesh** · 01-20-2010

Thanks mate.

**derekimo** · 01-20-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh

Thanks mate.

You're welcome.

**parkerfarms** · 02-09-2010

Beautiful! This was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much.

**Dinesh** · 02-09-2010

You are welcome parkerfarms.

**TheTalker** · 03-24-2010

Now, what if there was a password created will this guide still work? Like, what if the user forgot the password? Will using this guide help?

Thank you very much for the information by the way.

Edit: I read the title: "This tutorial will help you remove the existing user account password and set up a new password incase you have forgotten the user password using WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment)"

That answers my question.

Thank you very much for this guide!

**Dinesh** · 03-24-2010

You are welcome mate.

**mckillwashere** · 03-25-2010

Great Tutorial...
Also bad if it fell in the wrong hands....

I am going to throw this out there...
DO NOT CHANGE THE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD.
It will make you not able to do some things on your machine and you will hate yourself...
It was the same way in Vista.

**TheTalker** · 03-25-2010

I have a question about the guide.

"16. Restart the computer – system logs on to the User account without asking for password provided there is only one user account. "

Could you please elaborate a bit? Provided there is only one user account. What does that mean exactly? There can only be one account and not two accounts? On my PC I've got the admin account and the offline Guest account.

Quote: Originally Posted by mckillwashere

Great Tutorial...
Also bad if it fell in the wrong hands....

I am going to throw this out there...
DO NOT CHANGE THE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD.
It will make you not able to do some things on your machine and you will hate yourself...
It was the same way in Vista.

For real? What kind of bad things? That's scary because I have a password on mine.

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